#tis

As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that one American national trait which irritates many Americans and must be convenient for our critics is that we relentlessly advertise our imperfections. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

#american #begin #convenient #critics #imperfections

In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People." (Canton, OH, Anti-War Speech, June 16, 1918) ↗

— Eugene Victor Debs

#exploitation #fundamentalism #oppression #patriotism #religion

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#high #however #human #never #passion

The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#art #artist #contrary #does #everyone

The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'. ↗

— Sebastian Horsley

#artists #motivation #art

I mean really, how could an artistic individual stay grounded in the nitty-gritty of how many minutes per pound meat has to stay in the oven when trying to fathom the creative philosophy behind the greatest artistic minds of the world? ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artists #artsy #being-practical #cooking #creativity

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here. ↗

— Gary Lucas

#basic #here #i #ignorance #jazz

Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German biblical criticism and to the liberal theology that accompanied it. ↗

— John Gresham Machen

#also #alternative #conservative #could #criticism

Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else. ↗

— Michael Madsen

#else #encourage #everything #kids #side

The British fans are very intense, maybe even more so than fans in the U.S.! They're great. ↗

— Austin Mahone

#even #fans #great #intense #maybe